Trump Regime Offers FEMA Chief a Lie Det...

The performing head of FEMA was not too long ago given a lie detector take a look at to find out if he leaked data to the press concerning the Trump regime’s plans to destroy the federal catastrophe company, in response to a brand new report from Politico. And whereas which will appear to be a extremely weird factor to do to a senior official who’s imagined to be conducting essential authorities work, it’s simply one other footnote in America’s fast descent into fascism.

FEMA performing Administrator Cameron Hamilton was given the lie detector take a look at after he had a gathering on March 25 with Kristi Noem, the previous governor of South Dakota and present Secretary of Homeland Safety. Additionally within the assembly, in response to Politico, was Corey Lewandowski, an adviser to President Donald Trump who’s reportedly working as a “particular authorities worker,” not in contrast to Elon Musk. The disclosure of the assembly, reported by CNN on March 26, was apparently thought-about a betrayal.

The Division of Homeland Safety appeared to substantiate that the lie detector take a look at came about in an announcement to Politico, warning that “leakers” can be prosecuted. However the results of the lie detector take a look at wasn’t precisely clear.

“Underneath Secretary Noem’s management, DHS is unapologetic about its efforts to root out leakers that undermine nationwide safety. We’re agnostic about your standing, tenure, political appointment or standing as a profession civil servant—we are going to observe down leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the legislation,” a DHS spokesperson advised Politico.

President Trump has not nominated a everlasting FEMA administrator, and Hamilton is a former Navy SEAL who has labored within the federal authorities for the previous decade, together with on the Division of Homeland Safety and the State Division. Because the New York Times identified when Hamilton was appointed to the position shortly after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Hamilton was thought-about an odd selection for the top of FEMA given his lack of expertise in catastrophe response.

The information about DHS lie detector assessments comes as FEMA is in sizzling water over withholding monetary help to “blue” states, or people who voted for Democrats within the 2024 election. A federal choose ordered a halt to federal funding freezes by FEMA that had been holding again cash to at the least 19 states. And on Friday, that choose dominated that the order had been violated. What occurs after that? It seems the choose hasn’t discovered the Trump regime legal professionals in contempt but, so nothing occurs. At this level, the choose has simply issued one other order, telling them to obey the earlier order.

And that appears to talk to the asymmetry proper now occurring with the rule of legislation on one aspect and the Trump regime on the opposite. These people are sending U.S. residents to El Salvador with out trial and making prime officers take lie detector assessments. Then you could have judges doing little greater than saying “Fairly please obey our orders.” It’s not nice.